also known as Swissline Sindaco was an Italian brand founded in 1946 in Locarno

but they have their own factory in Switzerland,
and were specialized in economic watches in the 70s mostly jump hour models cased in plastic sealed case made of steelfiber or Noryl, something make me feel they were somehow also in the orbit of Schneider as they shared movements and designs with sorna and sicura

Also it seems to be some connection in the past between the Fabrique d’Horologerie Sindaco and Jaguar watches, which today is part of the Festina group.

Not without opposition from the house of Jaguar cars in britain, apparently Sindaco & Jaguar watches registered the trademark ” jaguar” for the first time in 1945…so they are in litigation still since 2004 ..

Sindaco watches today are very difficult to achieve, since very few have survived and less on * NOS * condition

so they are therefore somewhat prized among collectors,

But it also is indicative of the poor quality they had,

The basic models of jump hours steel case were those pictured in the gallery
available in several dial tones, green, blue and red

Sindaco mounted standart calibers in their manual models and usually Ronda-matic movements on the automatic models

The model most sought after is one rounded with inner bevel single hand
While no doubt for me the most beautiful and attractive by far

is the oversized silver dial with date window at 6

you can observe them all in detail photographed in the gallery.

SINDACO trademark by FABRIQUE D’HORLOGERIE SINDACO S. A. in MURALTO

On Thursday, October 02, 1952, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for SINDACO by FABRIQUE D’HORLOGERIE SINDACO S. A., MURALTO , . The USPTO has given the SINDACO trademark serial number of 71636068. The current federal status of this trademark filing is EXPIRED.